Hadi Tan

Early Bitcoin 🚀 Adopter

[Hadi Tan @haditan_btc]

#Bitcoin is not a thing of the future or the next big thing anymore. It is here, and it is working extensively to change the global financial model as we have known for the past century. It is, what can be called, the only natural progression to the form of money.

[Bitcoin Policy Institute @bitcoinpolicy]

We made a short visual explainer to help people understand the Coldcard bug, and what it means for the security of affected wallets.

Bitcoin's entire security model depends on a user's ability to select astronomically large numbers from a truly random set.

If you imagine every possible Bitcoin private key as individual atoms, when a private key is generated properly, the pool of possibilities is so large that it's like an attacker is hunting for one specific atom hidden somewhere across 2 billion galaxies. No classical computer could ever search that many possibilities.

Unfortunately, affected Coldcard firmware drew its seeds from a much smaller, more predictable pool. If every possible Coldcard private key was an atom, the possible set of keys would only be about the size of a large virus. In comparison, a standard computer could work through that space in just a few hours.

Our video helps visualize what this difference looks like, we hope this is helpful for everyone to establish the importance of true entropy in key generation.

We are deeply sorry for anyone who lost funds to this bug. We know several people that were personally affected, including members of the BPI team. Losing funds after working hard protect your wealth is extremely difficult.

We are developing a set of policy reflections based on this vulnerability that we hope to publish as soon as possible.

[EA SPORTS FC @EASPORTSFC]

We called it. You played it. Spain made it a reality.

Five predictions in a row, and @SEFutbol lifted the trophy 11M+ times across #FC26 and #FCMobile.

Congratulations on your second star ⭐️⭐️

#TheWorldsGame

[CZ 🔶 BNB @cz_binance]

I've seen many different trading strategies over the years, very few can beat the simple "buy and hold", which is what I do.

Not financial advice.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Happy New Year!

2026 will be a banger

[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent @SecScottBessent]

17 years after the white paper, the Bitcoin network is still operational and more resilient than ever. Bitcoin never shuts down.

@SenateDems could learn something from that.

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

Health is forgotten until it’s the only thing that matters.

[Bitcoin Magazine @BitcoinMagazine]

When the iPhone 4 launched in 2010, it cost 2,842 BTC to buy one.

Today, it only costs 0.007 BTC to buy the new iPhone 17.

[Naval @naval]

Nobody who’s actually good at making money needs to sell you a course on it.

[The Rabbit Hole @TheRabbitHole]

Be wary of the censors

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

Friends - I have the best biomarkers in the world. I am the healthiest person on the planet.

I am fitter than most teenagers. My skin is smoother than that of women in their 20s who obsess over theirs. I have more stamina in bed than men in their 20s. I have better health markers than any hater, health influencer and anti-aging doctor and scientist.

My mind is sharper than it's ever been. My mental health is at its peak. My protocol - which is loyal to data and science - is better than any big-money influenced government guideline or pseudoscience social media fad. Blueprint is the new standard

Here’s the data.

The coolest question in existence right now is exploring if we are the first generation to not die.

“Do this, don’t die” is the oldest and most played game in human history. Every religion is “do this and don’t die”. Professional, military and political achievements are fueled by remembrance of contribution, “do this and don’t die”. Having kids is the same. It’s the universal game played by humans. We don’t want to die.

The difference is that now after hundreds of thousands of years of warming up to games of “do this, don’t die” the real “don’t die” game is here.

We are giving birth to superintelligence. We no longer know how long and how well we can live. We have no idea how expansive and rich existence could be. The depths of our ignorance and unknowing about the future may be similar to H. erectus one million years ago.

Imagine asking them what they think the future would bring? They’d simply talk about things they already knew. Hunting, foraging and killing. They wouldn’t be able to speak about the microscopic world of atoms and molecules. Of the invisible electromagnetic spectrum, or antibiotics, or of smartphones.

We may be the same as H. erectus.  We may have no models that can help us say anything intelligent about the future except for that in this moment, we don’t want to die and want to be around to see what unfolds.

We are on the eve of what may become the most spectacular intelligent existence to ever occur in the galaxy and yet we’re still foolishly primitive. Killing ourselves. Killing each other. Killing the planet. We are drunk on debauchery, greed and violence.

Technology is evolving faster than anyone can comprehend. We are evolving into something new as a species. This may be the end or the very beginning.

We would be wise to see this moment for what it is: the most radical evolutionary moment in our history.

No existing idea of human thought or societal organization is robust enough to meet this moment. Not democracy, not capitalism, not any religion or ideology. We need a new ideology that can guide us through this moment.

New ideologies have formed throughout history. They emerge in tandem with new technological, political and economic realities. Of course a new ideology would rise in this moment.

Don’t die is the universal game every human plays every second of every day. It’s the single thing that every human on this planet agrees with and actively practices constantly.

Don’t die individually.
Don’t kill each other.
Don’t destroy the planet.
Align AI with Don’t die.

Don’t die is a new economic, political, social, ethical and moral system. It’s what intelligence does when it becomes super.

I don’t expect you to understand Don’t die based upon what I’ve written. I’ve found that it takes about two hours of intense conversation to just begin to understand it. It challenges everything you know. Everything you’ve ever learned. And all your intuitions. Until you understand it, you’ll try to come up with countless arguments to try and make it go away.

I’ve had this conversation over a thousand times and the patterns are identical every single time. The emotions, the responses, rebuttals, and reasoning.

Until we get the chance to have this conversation. Join me in embracing this moment for what it is: the coolest time to ever be alive. The greatest opportunity for any human.

We need to band together and rebuild our societal systems that acknowledge that existence is the highest virtue.

We can start with ourselves.

Go to bed on time.
Exercise daily.
Eat well.
Drop the bad habits.
Help others do the same.

[America @america]

BREAKING: Donald Trump has won the 2024 Election

[William Sutanto @WilliamSutanto]

Uang adalah satu-satunya ciptaan manusia yang secara konsep bisa diterima oleh siapapun di dunia ini. Tidak peduli apapun bahasa, negara, warna kulit, agama, status sosial, jenis kelamin, umur, partai politik; semua percaya akan uang.

Namun uang bukanlah suatu kebenaran absolut seperti hukum gravitasi atau kecepatan cahaya, uang adalah sebuah ide yg dipercaya secara massal pada periode tertentu (sejak 5000 tahun yg lalu). Kata "percaya" perlu digaris bawahi, begitu masyarakat mulai tidak percaya dg ide tersebut, maka makna uang bisa bergeser.

Itu alasan ada kalimat "In God We Trust" di uang kertas US Dollar. Karena Tuhan adalah kebenaran absolut warga Amerika, setidaknya 70 tahun yang lalu. Amerika Serikat juga tidak sungkan berperang dengan siapapun yg mengancam kedigdayaan Dollar, upaya apapun akan dilakukan demi kepercayaan terhadap mata uang USD.

Di sini Bitcoin jadi fenomena menarik. Tanpa didukung tentara atau agama, kepercayaan Bitcoin terus meningkat sejak diciptakannya 15 tahun lalu. Dengan waktu yg relatif sangat singkat BTC berhasil menempati marketcap $1.2 Triliun atau sekitar 7% dari marketcap emas.

Lalu apa yg akan terjadi dg Bitcoin 5 atau 10 tahun kemudian? Atau pertanyaan yg lebih menarik, kapan BTC akan dipercaya sebagai mata uang selayaknya USD? Saya tidak tahu jawabannya. Tapi yg pasti, ketika itu terjadi nilai BTC akan berkali-kali lipat dari harga BTC saat ini.

[Johnny Brown @johnnyxbrown]

Creatine isn't a steroid. 

It doesn't cause bloating, kidney damage, or baldness.

Here's what it actually does and why you should be using it (mega thread):

[Nansen 🧭 @nansen_ai]

We've identified this $650m $ETH Whale holding 173.7k ETH as DBS, the largest bank in Singapore with assets totaling S$739 billion as of 31 Dec'23

This address has made over $200m by holding ETH... 🤯

Track the address on Nansen here: 0x9e927c02c9eadae63f5efb0dd818943c7262fb8e

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

Sunlight is good for you, it also causes accelerated skin aging and cancer.

1) Rule of thumb: get sun exposure when the UV index is below 3; early mornings and late afternoons.
2) Don’t get burned.
3) When the UV index is >4 , wear a hat (with a brim circumference of roughly 3 feet) or use a UV umbrella.
4) Use sunscreen that protects against UVA and UVB.
5) Use a mineral sunscreen if possible.
6) A burn is potentially more dangerous than a chemical sunscreen. Try to avoid both.
7) If you dislike sunscreen, refer to 1, 2, and 3.

[Bitcoin Magazine @BitcoinMagazine]

Exit fiat, save in #Bitcoin

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

This is bad.

Crypto is not just about trading tokens, it's part of a broader ethos of protecting freedom and privacy and keeping power in the hands of the little guy.

And these values unfortunately continue to be under attack, globally.

[Farside Insights @FarsideInsights]

Bitcoin is now at block height 840,000

The halving has occurred!

The block subsidy is now 3.125 BTC

🌗🌗🌗🌗

Blockhash = 0000000000000000000320283a032748cef8227873ff4872689bf23f1cda83a5

[Balaji @balajis]

Bitcoin has hit all time highs.
All over the world.

[Bitcoin @Bitcoin]

The @SECGov has approved multiple #Bitcoin ETFs.